He lives…

Alright, the heart did stop, and CPR was performed at the hospital, and a pacemaker is installed.

My loving wife did some research, and seems that the condition is referred to as “heart block”, and it is one of the best of a bad situation. But time will tell after the appointments to figure out what happened on my mom’s 71st birthday.

My dad had some warning signs, with some light headedness, and one other blackout, but this time he also smacked his chin hard on a table, and cut it good, six stitches good… and then passed out again on the couch, that’s when 911 was called. After that was the CPR issue, and pacemaker install.

So… big scare.

Flew here.

Had a date with a pretty lady… (Thanks Nicole)

Squeeze my mom…

Saw my grandma…

And these trouble makers stopped by…

Also missed my wife and kids, like I am missing a huge part of me…

Leaving for home tomorrow.

Happy every is ok.

Love you dad.

-Ian out-

Not sure how to start this.. but I’m typing on a plane in flight to Thunder Bay, and of course I choose to do this just as the it starts to get bumpy, so forgive spelling.

First time on a turbo prop plane, and atm is quite the ride.

First week back to work didn’t go to well, ended up falling victim to a cold/flu, was in for Monday, but as of Tuesday things were going down hill. Left work early on Tuesday, and Wednesday was on my ass watching the walls melt, feeling distant, and numb. Thursday, was still off, and stayed home, but by the end of the day was looking up…

Now comes the reason I’m on a plane, see Thursday (Jan 11th) is my mom’s birthday, and the kids were home, so I was going to Skype/iMessage to wish her a happy birthday. Just as I was going to call to start, my mom calls me saying my dad was in the hospital with heart issues, but everything is ok, and he is stable, and resting.

Needless to say, I was a bit shaken…

So, I’m going for a visit.

Should also mention that I am going from 10C to -26C… my face might hurt.

-Ian out-

Hi Lorelei…

So we went to the RBG on the weekend to see trains, little trains…

There was two separate spots, and they were big setups.

Yes, I know I’m Canadian and all, but I was never really a hockey guy, so… skating didn’t really happen much.
I skied, a lot… started in grade 1 with Mrs. Farmer my teacher, and lived at the the hill every weekend/PD day till grade 10-11, after that I did nothing for about 3 years, then bought a snowmobile, and that dominated my life till about a year before leaving for college…

Hmmm… more sharing then I thought would happen?
So, yeah… went skating, not for a long one, but enough to know I’m not that good, then Alex wanted none of it, and I was benched with him.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
Be safe for New Years!

-Ian-

It was a draft… ?

This is the first time the kids were able to use there sliding disks (I know there is a name, drawing a blank) on a real hill, not the little thing in the back, since they got them for last Christmas….

Not a bad hill, but it has a viscous bump mid hill if you start off to one side. Sophie has mastered it backwards, Alex has a spectacular wipeouts, and climbs back up for another go…

Side note, I’m going to try and keep things rolling here. ?

And fix the issue about accessing the site on my own network…

work, work…

-Ian-

Well shit, look at this… 3 days, 3 posts. I’m good for a year now. ?

Been running myself down lately, really need to go to bed earlier… just can’t get motivated to do it…???

This is a thing that is happening to Jen too, new job is keeping her busy, but I think things are falling into place. Since the hours a bit different, makes it hard sometimes.

We are winning! I think…

Ian

Thinking road trip on the bike…

Who’s in??
Need one friend to get himself a bike again, I will need a new one that’s 2-up, and retire… 263hs. 😐
Doing the math, 8hr days it would take about 33 days to complete, not including the time we stop to visit the friends and family along the the way. Some of the places is just to say I’ve been there, like all provinces, Anchorage, and running the Dragon at Deals Gap.

Wishful thinking…

I hope to do a bunch of computer stuff at home… I did mention in the last post the server was old, so it’s time to refresh a few things, and make improvements.

I hope. 😀